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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

Literally this.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

Also, DCU would like a word with you.
www.dcu.ie/commsteam/ne...

DCU rises to highest ever position in THE World University Rankings | Communications Department

University now ranked in the top 350 in the world Dublin City University ranked 1st in Ireland for Research Quality

www.dcu.ie

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

We are doing great at 501-600, so clearly no need for any horn blowing, our WORLD CLASS EXCELLENCE is clearly self-evident.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

The lack of breathless press release probably means not good news for your institution, so the rankings are clearly deeply flawed and not worthy of comment.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

Its just that your gut microbiome forebade you to bang your head repeatedly on the desk until you lapsed into unconsciousness.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 2d

Its THES World Rankings Day! Batten down the hatches for breathless press releases! Put aside any concerns about statistical rigour and measurement validity and embrace the grift!

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 3d

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 3d

Doing research, the science should be the hard bit, but somehow universities, funders and others have managed to produce a system where doing the science is no longer the hardest part of the process. Why do we even bother?

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 3d

Apart from the financials, the public health aspect of this is so regressive, where half of this effective subsidy is going to go to the big fast food chains.

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 4d

630,000,000 euro subsidy from the public purse supporting McDonalds, Burgerking, Dominoes, Supermacs etc.

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 3d

Budget 2026, for Higher Education and Research, was there a "PRTLI" allocation made? I cannot see specifics, there is a reference to a infrastructure programme, but capital allocation only increased by 90 million assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

assets.gov.ie

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 3d

Aristotle an excellent example of the value of a decent period in exile.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 4d

630,000,000 euro subsidy from the public purse supporting McDonalds, Burgerking, Dominoes, Supermacs etc.

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 5d

Well stop sending Mac emails then, duh.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 6d

We pay 23% VAT for consumables for medical research, but for some reason the government priority is to cut VAT to 9% for this lot.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 7d

Boom boom!

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 7d

Aah, the glories of rural Ireland, where no wedding is complete without a bridal tractor.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 8d

Current status

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 8d

"Random Intercepts"

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 9d

"More!", cried the university manager. "Give me more of everything, you fools!"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations

Hundreds of students accepted on courses facing costs and even deportation after being told to defer studies until 2026

www.theguardian.com

Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 10d

Ah, the old rope a dope tactic.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 10d

Just watched the first episode of House of Guinness.
Wolf Hall it is not.

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 10d

But it could have been much worse..,

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 10d

www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3107...

Education voices | Collective union action in defence of collegial governance

This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Mel...

www.ei-ie.org

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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 10d

UK University leaders skillfully maneuvered the sector into a position over the past 15 years where it is getting the very worst of all worlds, simultaneously bound to government policy, abandoned by government policy and damaged by government policy.

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